See how a woman wore
a belt in a Dutch ad. See a classy 1920s ad for a
belt and the first ad (1891) MUM has for a belt.
See how women wore
a belt (and in a Swedish ad). See a modern belt for
a washable pad
and a page from the 1946-47 Sears
catalog showing a great variety.
More ads for
napkin belts: Sears,
1928 - modern
belts - modern washable - Modess, 1960s
Actual belts in the museum
And, of course, the first Tampax AND -
special for you! - the American fax
tampon, from the early 1930s, which also
came in bags.
See a Modess True
or False? ad in The American Girl
magazine, January 1947, and actress Carol Lynley in
"How Shall I Tell My Daughter" booklet ad
(1955) - Modess . . .
. because ads (many dates).
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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Just
Between Us . . . (Beltx,
1961, U.S.A.)
Booklet for girls about menstrual
products
Inside back
cover
Women wore commercial belts at
least from the latter part of the
nineteenth century (the earliest
ad for one the museum has is
American dated 1891).
Because self-adhesive pads became
available only in the early 1970s,
if women used pads, they had to
wear belts, suspenders,
"sanitary
panties," (underpants with
hooks or tabs or something else to
hold the pad in place) - or invent
some way of getting the pad to
stay in place.
Companies sold probably hundreds
of varieties of belts in the past
hundred years, but the industry
almost disappeared in the early
1970s with the advent of pads
with adhesive (Stayfree
and New
Freedom).
I thank again the Dutch
contributor of many, many items
to MUM for scans of this
booklet!
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END pages cover
11 12 13 14 15 - See the complete 1950 edition.
Many
actual belts - Menstrual
pad suspenders!
See how women wore
a belt (and in a Swedish ad).
See a modern
belt for a washable pad and a page from the 1946-47 Sears
catalog showing a great variety.
Menstrual panties.
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